The Bear Went Over the Mountain

& all that he could see
empties, sandbags &
cartons of forensic detail
i’ll tell you what i’ve
left notecards pocket
knife one looney & aspirin
contents of a pie weightless dancers
who are ruled in or out of service
we are prepared for exclusion
and in bitter the conference of
the other side of the frontline
the first steps upwards
stumble to the lookout to reveal
miles, miles of the same